#BB989B#BB989B

#BB989B is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.042 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB989B
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(355, 20%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(355, 19%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 17.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 13.50, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 13.92, 13.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0411 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.042 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6382, 35.3891, 35.8521)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB989B #98BBB8

analogous

#BB98AD #BB989B #BBA798

triadic

#BB989B #9BBB98 #989BBB

tetradic

#BB989B #ADBB98 #98BBB8 #A798BB

square

#BB989B #ADBB98 #98BBB8 #A798BB

split-complementary

#BB989B #98BBA7 #98ADBB

monochromatic

#82565A #A37377 #BB989B #D3BDBF #ECE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BB989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BB989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB989B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB989B	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C29599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.042 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6b8',
    500: '#bb989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb989b;
$custom-light: #d0b6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 20.468,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.04203,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB989B

secondary

#D2DDDC

accent

#9F9747

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB989B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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